G-quadruplex regulation of APP gene expression.
(A) Western blot analysis of cells transfected with reporter constructs containing APP 695 coding sequence with wild type (G-quad WT) or mutant (G-quad Mut) sequence. Mock Transfection was used to confirm that these constructs were over-expressed in HeLa cells. Antibody C1/6.1 recognizes both full-length APP695 and CTF. β-Actin was used as a loading control. (B-C) Quantification of Western blots as in 4A with (B) APP levels normalized to β-Actin and (C) Endogenous CTF intensity values were subtracted from total CTF intensity values to obtain exogenous CTF values which were then normalized to β-Actin values. (D) Aβ ELISA quantification of total Aβ levels from conditioned medium of cells transfected with APP constructs containing the wild type or mutant 3’UTR G-quadruplex.
